Items carried at US Capitol by some in the mob, per court filings:
Guns, bear spray, hockey stick, baseball bat, taser, sharpened flagpole, knives, scissors, tourniquet, plastic knuckles, lacrosse stick
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Tomahawk ax
Zip ties
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Strobe light
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Rope and gallows
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Tree Branch, Pipe, Stick, Baton, Crutch, Club
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Fire extinguisher
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(stolen) shields
Add: Steel-toed boots
Add: Four foot rod
ADD: Metal whip
ADD: Sledgehammer
ADD: Rocks
Add: "Eye damaging" laser devices
ADD: Large speaker
Add: Pitchfork
ADD: Wooden plank and tossed bottle
ADD: "Poles with nails in them"
ADD: Coffee tumbler and bucket of liquid
ADD: Bottles
ADD: PVC pipe
ADD: Laser pointer
ADD: Metal spear
ADD: Pitchfork
ADD: Large speaker equipment, which broke an officer's foot when thrown
ADD: Gadsden Flag
ADD: Plywood
ADD: Police barricade as battering ram
ADD: Large Trump sign
ADD: "Electroshock weapon" and "wasp spray"
ADD: Large metal trashcan
(video via court exhibit released by US Justice Dept)
ADD: Wooden table leg
ADD: Skateboard
ADD: Hard plastic pylon
ADD: "Loaded Taurus Revolver"
ADD: Raid insecticide and WD-40 sprayed at police. Per interviews with officers
ADD: Helmet and crow bar
ADD: "Orange traffic barrier"
ADD: "Hard-knuckle tactical gloves"
ADD: Broom stick
ADD: "Large wooden object"
(That's what the court filing says)
ADD: Sledgehammer
ADD: "Ballistic plate carrier" and crowbar
ADD: "Trump flag being thrown like a javelin"
ADD: "White piece of wood"
ADD: Plastic bottle
ADD: "Water bottles"
ADD: Furniture Leg
ADD: Red/orange-colored barrier
ADD: Tabletop
ADD: "Parts of chairs"
ADD: "Metal sign frame"
ADD: Police baton used against officer
ADD: Flashlight
ADD: A**KICKING BOOTS
ADD: A thrown scooter... which appears to tangle the feet of police in this bodycam video ===>
ADD: "Full beer can"
ADD: “wooden handrail”
ADD: Batteries.... thrown at police
ADD: Battering ram device
ADD: "American flag on a light-tan colored pole"
ADD: Blue Trump flag
ADD: "A metal sign so large it was on wheels and took multiple people to lift it"
(per newly filed court motion by Justice Dept in case against defendant Thomas Hamner)
ADD: "Half of a softball"
(Defendant accused of using ball and flagpole and smashing window glass goes on trial tomorrow)
ADD: "Plastic Pipe"
ADD: "Pointed metal attachments on .. wooden pole"
ADD: Velvet rope stand
ADD: "Captain America-style shield affixed to a small wooden-handled broom"
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This ===>
ADD: Huge metal-framed Trump sign with wheels "about the size of a human head"
ADD: Bricks
ADD: "Metal knuckled gloves"
ADD: Coat rack
ADD: Enormous 2x4 beams
(Via video court exhibit released by US Justice Dept)
ADD: Enormous US flag
(Via video court exhibit released by US Justice Dept)
ADD: Railing
In newly unsealed Jan 6 case against James McNamara of Chicago, prosecutors allege he used a "railing" to ram a Capitol door several times
ADD: Stairwell beam
Police testimony at trial of Capitol riot defendant Bigo Barnett said a stairwell beam was thrown at police by someone in the mob (not by Barnett)
Police captain said the beam and other thrown items helped rioters breach the police line
ADD: "Hammer"
In court filing today, Jan 6 defendant from California acknowledges carrying hammer on his belt loop... citing concern about "Antifa"
ADD: "Grappling Hook"
Feds say Garret Miller carried the hook while amid mob on Jan 6. They argued "Miller was at the forefront of every barrier overturned, police line overrun, and entryway breached.."
A judge sentenced Miller to 38 months prison yesterday
ADD: A *lit* and thrown device that appeared to be a firecracker
(From sentencing memo and this week's hearing in Capitol riot case of David Lee Judd ====> )
ADD: "Large hunting knife in sheath on his belt"
From new US Justice Dept court filing... seeking pretrial detention in Capitol riot case of Kenneth Bonawitz, who's accused of dive-tackling two police officers
ADD: "Pepper gel"
At today's sentencing of Capitol riot defendant AIden Bilyard, prosecutors said his homemade pepper gel is "thicker, easier to aim acccurately"... "designed to cause pain"
ADD: "Billy Club" .... "Tire Thumper"
Per sentencing memo from defendant Shelly Stallings.. about her husband
ADD: "Metal coffee mug" thrown at police
Per newly filed Justice Dept case against Illinois defendant
ADD: Velvet rope
ADD: Wooden pallet
Latest weapon alleged to have been used in the US Capitol siege. According to newly posted charging documents in the case of Ronald Bryan of Louisiana
Judge Sullivan ruling in favor releasing more Epstein files:
“She is suffering the type of harm—lack of transparency—that Congress sought to prevent by requiring disclosure of the information and the disclosure of the information that Ms. Phang seeks would help her in her work”
Per plaintiffs attorney, Judge Sullivan’s order requires Trump Admin to disclose Epstein “co conspirator names, foreign language docs, and an explanation for millions of redactions. They have to start by July 2”
NEW: Another flurry of court filings in 11th hour suit to halt UFC event at White House
Natl Park Service, which appears to be taking its instruction from the UFC, says there'll be filming of participants INSIDE the Lincoln Memorial
And they will closing access to Memorial
Meanwhile, plaintiffs submit additional reply to convince judge to order halt to the UFC event
They argue: Event is "a volcano of corruption, if allowed to go forward, will mark an inflection point in American history"
Plaintiffs are also asking court to order UFC/Trump Admin "to honor their June 9 representation that the UFC will not be allowed to use the (inside of Lincoln Memorial) chamber because it may not be used for special events under the governing regulation"
Trump Admin court filing seeking to salvage the Sunday UFC fights at White House on Trump's birthday
"In preparation, well over $60 million and tens of thousands of hours of labor have been expended"
Trump Admin (more) on UFC event
"More than 4,000 spectators are expected to attend on the South Lawn, including more than 1,000 members of our armed services, and more than 120,000 visitors are expected to watch from the nearby Ellipse after winning free tickets in a lottery"
NEW: Virginia political organizer and a military vet file federal suit, seeking court order to HALT the UFC fight at White House:
"This plan is deeply corrupt.. President is giving (Dana) White & his company what none have enjoyed before: unfettered access to the White House.. to stage a private, for-profit sports event"
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MORE: In new fed. suit seeking a HALT to the White House UFC fight:
"The UFC is not being coy about the event’s pecuniary nature. One executive recently called it 'the greatest earned-marketing tool of all time.' He is far from the only one salivating at the business upside"
Suit challenging UFC fight at White House:
"The ostensible occasion for this spectacle is the semiquincentennial. Dana White says that the aim is to “to celebrate the 250th birthday of America.” Although June 14, 2026, will also be Trump’s 80th birthday, White has steadfastly maintained that the timing is just a coincidence"
ALERT: Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) files court brief urging judge to HALT Trump slush fund
Cassidy & Sen. Cory Booker argue the case "is a question of whether the machinery of democratic government may be turned, by design and with explicit intent, against the democratic foundations it exists to serve"
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In asking court to intervene and stop the Trump sklush fund, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) emphasize that Trump *again* refused to abandon during news conference yesterday
Sen. Cassidy & Booker's court filing:
"As sitting U.S. Senators, amici are duty-bound to protect the institutional authority of Congress and its duly-elected representatives. The Constitution of the United States directs the power of the purse to Congress alone"